Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, says the current economic situation has exposed the weaknesses in having a central government.
An advocate of restructuring, Atiku said the responsibilities of the federal government needs to be reduced to avoid it collapsing “under the weight of too many responsibilities it burdens itself with”.
He questioned the rationale behind having a central government that can “no longer meet its obligation”.
The former number two citizen made this position known on Twitter as seen below:
Our Federal Government can no longer afford to meet many obligations. Does it still make sense to have a centrist FG? #Restructuring
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) December 22, 2016
The economic consequence of over-centralization is that FG may collapse under the weight of too many responsibilities it burdens itself with
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) December 22, 2016
It's standard human reasoning – if you do the same thing long enough, you may think it's right and the only way. Not true #Restructuring
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) December 22, 2016
A large house is always harder to clean. Now if you build smaller home units, and rent to families, mixed results, but overall better kept https://t.co/u06MgEwZTJ
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) December 22, 2016
So not only is our FG too large, the economic downturn has exposed fundamental weaknesses. Yes, FG duties need to be reduced/devolved. https://t.co/u06MgEwZTJ
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) December 22, 2016
